Selene and Endymion: The Complete Story of the Moon Goddess and the Shepherd Who Sleeps Forever | Greek Mythology for Sleep

Mythology And Folklore For Sleep · Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 59m

Selene and Endymion: The Complete Story of the Moon Goddess and the Shepherd Who Sleeps Forever | Greek Mythology for Sleep

A slow, quiet retelling of Selene and Endymion, made for falling asleep to.

Of all the Greek myths, this is the one that was already about sleep before anybody thought to read it aloud at night.

She drove the moon across the sky every night, which meant she saw everything below her and had no reason to stop for any of it. Then one night she looked down at a hillside in Asia Minor and saw a shepherd asleep among his flock, and that was the end of her indifference. What…